Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes About Crime

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  • Fantasy works inwards upon its author, blurring the boundary between the visioned and the actual, and associating itself ever moreclosely with the Ego, so that the child who has fantasied himself a murderer ends by becoming a Loeb or a Leopold. The creative Imagination works outwards, steadily increasing the gap between the visioned and the actual, till this becomes the great gulf fixed between art and nature. Few writers of crime-stories become murderers--if any do, it is not the result of identifying themselves with their murderous heroes.

    Dorothy L. Sayers (2015). “The Mind of the Maker”, p.93, Open Road Media
  • The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.

    Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.495, Open Road Media
  • There are crimes which the Law cannot reach.

    Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Lord Peter Views the Body”, p.102, Open Road Media
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